1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Hey friends, it's Mr Jim and welcome back to Kids 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: Short Stories. Before we hop into this story, I just 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: wanted to thank you. I wanted to thank you for 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: making this podcast one of the biggest kids podcasts in 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: the world. Yes, it's because of you and you telling 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: your friends about it. It just means so much to 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,159 Speaker 1: me that you have loved these stories so much that 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: you listened to like a hundred a day. Right well, friends, 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: I am so excited to share today's story with you. 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: Are you ready for it? Me too? Let's go. Today's 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: story takes place far far away, not quite in another galaxy, 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: but definitely on another planet. You see on our neighbor 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: planet named Mars. Oh. You see, we actually learned how 14 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: to grow trees. Trees are the first step if we 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: ever to live on Mars because trees produced oxygen. But 16 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: the problem with trying to grow trees on Mars is 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: because Mars doesn't have the right dirt to grow the 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 1: trees on. And so we tried and tried and tried 19 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: and tried for many, many, many many years, and finally 20 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: found the secret. The secret the snail poop. Yes, snail 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: poop is the best ingredient for trees to grow in. 22 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: And so once we released a whole bunch of snails 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: onto planet Mars, bloop bloop, bloop bloop, they pooped their 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: way all the way into the tree. Fertilizer in the 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: tree started to grow. Magic, right, I know, But unfortunately 26 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: that is where the story takes a terrible turn, and 27 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: our friend Spike is going to need to save the day. 28 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: Beep beep beep. Oh, good morning world, said Spike as 29 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: he woke up out of bed and stretched his arms. 30 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: The alarm clock had gone off. It was very early, 31 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: but it was time to get up and check to 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: see what the mission was today. He checked his walkie 33 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: talkie and there was a message from HQ Spike. We 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: need your help. We need you to fly the planet 35 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: Mars because unfortunately all the trees have begun dying. We 36 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: don't know what's causing it, but we need you to 37 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: figure it out. Good luck Mars, said Spike. I've never 38 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: been to Mars before, but ok. After finishing a delicious breakfast, 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: he put on all of his spy gear and and 40 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: his space suit. He was going to need that if 41 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: he was going to fly to Mars. Popped inside of 42 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 1: his spaceship jet that was parked in his backyard, buckled in, 43 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: pushed the red button, and he blasted off in a 44 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: puff of smoke. It's a good thing that his spaceship 45 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: jet was so fast because planet Mars is very far away, 46 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: but his jet got him there in only three and 47 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: a half minutes long. What how's that even possible? I 48 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: can barely put my shoes on that fast. As his 49 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: spaceship jet touched down on planet Mars, he was greeted 50 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: with a nice big poof of red dust. That red 51 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: dust is pretty famous on planet Mars. I've never been, 52 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: but but I imagine it's it's a new color red 53 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: that I've never seen before. As Spike stepped out of 54 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: his space jet, Wow, this place is beautiful, he said, Oh, 55 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: don't worry. He was wearing his astronaut suit fully equipped 56 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: with oxygen breather because you know, Mars wasn't totally ready 57 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: for people to live on. There were many trees growing, 58 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: but it wasn't quite ready yet. And as Spike walked 59 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: over to the first group of trees that he saw, 60 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: he was very surprised to see what is all that 61 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: disgusting goop pouring out of the side of the tree, 62 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: said Spike. You see, he was looking at these trees, 63 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: trees that were very tall and full of big green 64 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,559 Speaker 1: leaves that was going to produce a lot of oxygen 65 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: for all of Mars. But the side of the tree, 66 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: like the trunk part, it looked like it was leaking out. Um, 67 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, ooy gooey brown slime. Google. It was 68 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: pretty disgusting and he didn't want to touch it, but 69 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: he had to for science. He reached inside of his 70 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: pack and pulled out a Q tip. A Q tip 71 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: would be a good thing to scoop out this slime 72 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: onto a beaker. Oh that is the ooey is scooey 73 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: ist goog I've ever seen? Said Spike. He had plopped 74 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: on this goo inside of his beaker so that he 75 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: could take it back to his spaceship jet and look 76 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: at it under a microscope. But on his way back 77 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: to the spaceship, he saw another thing, not a person, 78 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: not an animal, another thing, a thing that he had 79 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: never seen before. Outa that girl said the creature. Oh hello, Um, 80 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: I'm just get back to my lab inside of my jet. 81 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: I gotta inspect what's going on with these trees? The 82 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: trees seemed to be dying, and the goo is strange, 83 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: So I I must are a little talking about the 84 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: restaurant spots, things growing out of the mud, strange spiky things. 85 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: You mean these trees less? They're absolutely tarifrung, so less 86 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: trying to rather them. Wow, are the not us? No, 87 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: they're not dangerous. These are trees and they make oxygen 88 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: so that people can breathe. Here little narrata. This martian 89 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: would go on to tell Spike about what him and 90 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: all of his friends have been doing ever since the 91 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: tree started growing. They were very afraid of them. They've 92 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: never seen a tree before, and so they learned that 93 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 1: the snail poop is what was keeping the trees growing 94 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: and alive. So they moved the snails away from the trees, 95 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: which made the trees start to ooze. That OUI gooey 96 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: stuff because they were dying. My friends charming without those 97 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: trills were us on our sloop. It's not not true. 98 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, no, trees are very nice. Where did 99 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: you put all those snails? All right? Come right? Other 100 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: officer who Spike was very relieved to find all the 101 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: snails over on the other side of the hill. The 102 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: Martians had taken the snails as pets that I think 103 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: they really like the snails. They reminded them of themselves, 104 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: and they brought the snails back to the trees that 105 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: the snails could continue pooping on the trees start so 106 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: that they could get the nutrients that they needed. And 107 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: by the end of the day, the ouey gooey goose 108 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: stopped sliming out of the trees, and Spike waved goodbye 109 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: to his new Martian friends, climbed in back to his 110 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: spaceship jet and blasted off towards the planet Earth. Woo, 111 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: another mission well accomplished. Great job, Spike, you saved all 112 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: the trees on planet Mars Anne made some new Martian 113 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: friends along the way. The end all right, friends, Today 114 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: is another very happy birthday that we need to celebrate 115 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: together and I need your help. Drum roll please, Happy birthday. 116 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: A Odin whoa he's turning six years old. Loves kids, 117 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: your stories, and the color green, foxes and minecraft. Those 118 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: are all things I love too. That's amazing. Well, a Odin, 119 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: I hope you have the best birthday ever. And friends, 120 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: if you want an awesome birthday, just like a Odin, 121 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: you can head on over to hey Mr Jim dot 122 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: com and ask your parents to learn how to do 123 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: that great job you listen to all the way to 124 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: the end. And you know what, Semine is. It's time 125 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: for kard shout out, so I would say to Izzy 126 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: from Vermont, Nina from Spain, Brody in Case from Georgia, 127 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: Selene from Brazil, Jule from Iowa, Ellis from Pasadena, Evelyn 128 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: from Germany, and Kyle from Montreal, Quebec. I'm so glad 129 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: that you're all in the Short Stories family and Don 130 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: the spy team. We could not stop Doctor Stinky Breath 131 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: and his crew without you, my friends. Well you have 132 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: a super duper day and I will see you on 133 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,239 Speaker 1: our next adventure. Bye.